Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece

Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece
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Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg has written that "all that has happened since 1687 is a gloss on the Principia." Now you too can appreciate the significance of this stellar work, regarded by many as the greatest scientific contribution of all time. Despite its dazzling reputation, Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or simply the Principia, remains a mystery for many people. Few of even the most intellectually curious readers, including professional scientists and mathematicians, have actually looked in the Principia or appreciate its contents. Mathematician Pask seeks to remedy this deficit in this accessible guided tour through Newton's masterpiece.

Using the final edition of the Principia, Pask clearly demonstrates how it sets out Newton's (and now our) approach to science; how the framework of classical mechanics is established; how terrestrial phenomena like the tides and projectile motion are explained; and how we can understand the dynamics of the solar system and the paths of comets. He also includes scene-setting chapters about Newton himself and scientific developments in his time, as well as chapters about the reception and influence of the Principia up to the present day.
Country USA
Brand Prometheus Books
Manufacturer Prometheus
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber diagrams, figures
ReleaseDate 2013-09-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616147457

Country	USA
Brand	Prometheus Books
Manufacturer	Prometheus
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	diagrams, figures
ReleaseDate	2013-09-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781616147457

Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece

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